There are currently (to 2015) two Asian species known for this Genus, one from the foothills of the Himalayas and a more widespread species mostly present on the mainland though extending to the islands of Japan and Java Indonesia in the south. The type locality for Chondracris rosea is given as 'China'. I have seen photos of Chinese C. rosea and the type population appears to have a larger thoracic crest and smaller eyes. With these features in mind and a lack of locality data for Borneo I have decided to be conservative with my ID

The Short-horned Grasshopper Family Oxyinae has many small brightly coloured tropical species. Most are winged and can make a quick 'jump to flight' escape if harassed by a predator. There are however a minority that appear to be loosing the need to fly by not investing genetic resources into building wings. They are distinctly shortened and useless for flight. Why? I speculate that they may have diverted the resources they would have spent in growing full size wings into developing their distasteful chemical arsenal. I am unsure whether this is a full grown short-winged species or simply the nymph of a full-winged species

Most of us have heard about the depredations of certain insects on crops desired by humans. We call them pests. When it comes to the short-horned grasshopper Family the most notorious are known as plague locusts. These are basically short-horned grasshoppers that like to travel in large crowds. In South East Asia rice is the main staple and it is not surprising that being a dampland grass it had natural leaf grazers in order to control wild ancestral populations. Some were grasshoppers and this is one of them

Given the plague-like population growth curve of humanity traditional animal protein sources from the sea and land are becoming increasingly difficult to source. Insect protein as a source is well known to many traditional cultures across the globe. Could it be that more of the population of humanity have eaten insect protein than have not? Are the beef-eaters, sheep-eaters, pork-eaters, and goat-eaters in the minority? This meaty grasshopper certainly appears to have been on traditional diets throughout South Eat Asia for thousands of generations